Hi all,
I’m using the gemini-2.0-flash-001 model through Firebase AI Logic in my Flutter app. This automatically enabled the Generative Language API in my associated Google Cloud project.
I’ve since upgraded to the Blaze plan in Firebase and enabled billing on the project. Based on the documentation and quota pages, I expected to get access to the Tier 1 quota limits (e.g. 1000 RPD), but my project is still stuck at the 200 RPD Free Tier limit.
In the Google Cloud Console under Quotas, I see the quota labeled:
Request limit per model per day for a project in the free tier (gemini-2.0-flash-001): 200
This quota is still actively enforced — once I hit 200 requests, the API returns 429 errors. No Tier 1 quota is being used.
Additionally, I can’t access this Firebase-linked project in Google AI Studio, since it wasn’t set up with a manually created API key — so I’m unable to view or manage Gemini API usage there.
Is there something I’m missing to fully activate the Tier 1 quota?
Is this a known issue with Firebase AI Logic + Gemini not provisioning the correct billing tier?
Has anyone found a reliable workaround or solution?
Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!